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20 Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, “May Yahweh give you offspring[a] from this woman for the petition which was asked of Yahweh.” Then they went to their own home. 21 Yahweh visited Hannah, and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. The child Samuel grew before Yahweh.

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  1. 2:20 or, seed

20 Then Eli would (A)bless Elkanah and his wife, and say, “May the Lord give you [a]children from this woman in place of the [b]one she (B)requested of the Lord.” And they went to their own [c]home.

21 [d](C)The Lord indeed visited Hannah, and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. And (D)the boy Samuel grew up [e]before the Lord.

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  1. 1 Samuel 2:20 Lit seed
  2. 1 Samuel 2:20 Lit request
  3. 1 Samuel 2:20 Lit place
  4. 1 Samuel 2:21 Or When the Lord visited...then she; DSS And the Lord visited
  5. 1 Samuel 2:21 Lit with